SPOTLIGHT: Moratorium still limits municipal annexations

11:55 PM,
Feb. 7, 2014

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Gannett Tennessee

A state panel has recommended extending a moratorium on municipal annexations while a study on the practice continues.

The Commercial Appeal reports the Tennessee Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations unanimously approved the recommendation, which would put off annexations of residential or farm land until 2015.

The moratorium, which was enacted last year, does not apply to commercial and industrial property. ...